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Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
"Fear is in the air Everywhere I look around Fear is in the air Every sight and every sound And I don't know if I'm being foolish Don't know if I'm being wise But it's something that I must believe in And it's there when I look in your eyes." (my apologies ...

APRA super fund grillings set new precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
Superannuation regulator APRA interviewing super funds under oath, forcing them to explain investment decisions, should set alarm bells ringing across Australia's investment industry. Advisers to the $6 billion public offer industry fund, MTAA Super ...

XPLAN updates for opt-in

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
Responding to planner concerns over FOFA and opt-in, IRESS has incorporated opt-in capabilities in to its next XPLAN update. The opt-in period is still to be finailsed with Independent MP, Rob Oakeshott, last week re-igniting the debate.Planners are ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it! It certainly feels like June 2010 all over again! I can't believe it myself but when Big Ben spoke last night, I became a believer! Speaking at ...

Dissident investors could prompt REIT revival

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Corporate merger and acquisition activity could be set to spark the Australian REITs sector back to life as investors act to realise the value of net tangible assets (NTA). A-REITs continue to trade at an NTA discount with the sector still recovering ...

Former ANZ chief rumoured move to UK Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Former ANZ chief executive, John McFarlane, is reportedly heading back to the UK to assume the chair role of insurance provider, Aviva, after the shock exit of its UK chief executive Mark Hodges. Currently a non-executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland ...

ETFs report wafer thin trading volumes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) ASX market capitalisation is up 44 per cent in the last 12 months to $4.7 billion but their trading volumes are still microscopically thin. Figures just released in the ASX Listed Managed Investments monthly update for May ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Let's cut to the chase and get straight to the point - the US employment report most of us have waited for all week was plain and simply U-G-L-Y ugly. There's no ifs, no ands and definitely no buts. Ugly, ugly, ugly. That's just what it is! Although ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
The bad news is set to continue for Australian shareholders on Monday, with the share market tipped to fall following heavy losses in the US on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is in the midst of its longest streak of losses since 2004, following ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
Australian shares were slightly lower at noon as investors sit back after Thursday's worst one-day performance in a year. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.7 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 4,593.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...